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and tell her how grieved
I am that it must be so
but I dont despair of seeing
her and you in Europe again
It is a hard pull to the top
but if I must break up here
(and I see the dire necessity)
I prefer to make the one move
life is too short to be spent
in packing and upacking
Vigant coughs a good deal
but he is worried & anxious
lest I break down and lest
Ch. is ill again – for such attacks
are really frightful to witness